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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Asthma

How old were you when you were first told by a doctor or other health professional that you had asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Under 11 11-19 20-39 40+
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,141 266 27.2 23.5-31.2 152 18.5 15.0-22.6 289 25.8 22.4-29.4 434 28.6 25.5-31.9
-New Hanover County 26 7 32.7 15.4-56.6 3 18.0 5.0-47.8 4 11.4 4.0-28.5 12 37.9 20.1-59.6
GENDER
Male 5 1 14.4 1.8-61.0 1 37.1 6.2-84.1 1 14.4 1.8-61.0 2 34.2 7.3-77.4
Female 21 6 40.5 19.0-66.3 2 9.9 2.1-36.2 3 10.2 3.1-28.5 10 39.5 19.7-63.5
RACE
White 18 3 20.1 6.2-48.8 2 12.2 2.6-42.0 3 15.0 4.5-39.9 10 52.8 28.6-75.7
Other 8 4 49.4 16.4-82.9 1 25.6 3.9-74.6 1 6.7 0.8-37.4 2 18.3 3.6-57.2
AGE
18-44 8 3 38.5 11.2-75.6 2 44.2 12.5-81.5 2 11.6 2.5-40.5 1 5.8 0.7-34.2
45+ 18 4 29.4 10.2-60.4 1 2.6 0.4-17.2 2 11.3 2.7-36.9 11 56.7 30.3-79.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 8 3 42.7 13.2-78.5 2 28.3 5.4-73.1 2 15.9 3.4-50.0 1 13.1 1.8-56.1
Some College + 17 4 25.6 9.3-53.5 1 9.9 1.4-45.7 2 8.1 1.9-28.1 10 56.4 31.0-78.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 14 4 36.8 14.8-66.2 1 10.9 1.5-48.6 3 19.2 5.8-47.5 6 33.2 13.6-61.0
$50,000+ 6 2 31.6 6.9-74.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 12.5 1.6-56.1 3 55.9 17.9-88.1

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*These data apply only to those with current asthma

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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